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title: שְׂאֵת — exaltation · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂאֵת (lemma:שְׂאֵת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: exaltation. BDB 1906: n.f. exaltation, dignity swelling uprising. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂאֵת

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«שְׂאֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **exaltation** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׂאֵת · **BDB:** שְׂאֵת

### Glosses

a.swelling (3); swelling (2); \[is\].the.swelling (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

exaltation [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d0_5b5_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. exaltation, dignity swelling uprising [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d0_5b5_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. 1. exaltation, dignity. 2. swelling. 3. uprising;—שׂ׳ abs. Gn 4:7 +, cstr. Lv 13:28 +; sf. שְׂאֵתוֹ Jb 13:11 +; (מִ)שֵּׂתוֹ 41:17;— dignity Gn 49:3 (dignity of first-born), ψ 62:5, of Chaldeans Hb 1:7; of God, his exaltation, loftiness Jb 13:11; 31:23. swelling, eruption, בְּעוֹר בָּשָׂר Lv 13:2 (+ סַפַּחַת, בַּהֶרֶת), cf. 14:56 (+ id.); also 13:10(×2), 19, 28, שׂ׳ הַנֶּגַע v 43 (all P). uprising, Jb 41:17 at his uprising the mighty are in dread. Gn 4:7 is dub.;—is there not acceptance? 𝔖 𝔙 al.; forgiveness 𝔗 Holz al.; uplifting of countenance, cheerfulness, Ew De Ke Di Kau.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂאֵת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c2_5d0_5b5_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 14:56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.14.56/)

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וְלַשְׂאֵ֥ת וְלַסַּפַּ֖חַת וְלַבֶּהָֽרֶת׃

*Word for word:* and to (the) swelling and to.(the) flaking skin and to.(the) bright spot

*JPS 1917:* and for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot;

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[Leviticus 13:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.19/)

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וְהָיָ֞ה בִּמְק֤וֹם הַשְּׁחִין֙ שְׂאֵ֣ת לְבָנָ֔ה א֥וֹ בַהֶ֖רֶת לְבָנָ֣ה אֲדַמְדָּ֑מֶת וְנִרְאָ֖ה אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be in the.place of the.boil a.swelling white or a.bright.spot white reddish and he.will.present.himself to the priest

*JPS 1917:* and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest.

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